Director of Finance & Accounting

Job Description

Job Description

. Director of Finance, Accounting
Gardner, MA 01440

Overview:
We offer competitive wages, great benefits and generous paid time off. Come to work where you will matter!

Hours:
40-Hours, Days, Hybrid

Salary:
$150,000 - $175,100

Disclaimer:
We are committed to equitable and transparent compensation practices. The salary range for this position reflects our good-faith estimate of base pay at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. We regularly review our compensation structures to ensure fairness and consistency across our organization.

Job Summary:
The Director of Finance reports to the VP of Finance and CFO and is the main contact for day-to-day financial operational matters. While the Director of Finance reports to the VP of Finance and CFO, they are instrumental in supporting the Senior Team on key strategic matters. The Director of Finance is a dynamic leader who challenges conventional wisdom and has professional, respectful, and supportive relationships with key stakeholders, staff, consultants, auditors, and vendors alike. The Director of Finance will support the values of the organization, and the VP of Finance and CFO’s vision on providing outstanding customer service to those we are privileged to serve. They engage their team members to help solve today’s challenges. The Director of Finance is responsible for the following areas: accounting, reimbursement analysis, cash management, operating budget and program support, long-term and short-term financial analysis and modeling, cost reporting, financial data analytics, audit/internal controls, charge master and internal and external financial reporting.

Responsibilities:
Essential Functions

• Controls and maintains stewardship of assets
• Ensures that transactions are recorded and accounted for in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Monitors compliance with and recommend changes to internal controls.
• Records adequate liability estimates in appropriate periods.
• Identifies and acts to secure necessary resources for Finance Department’s future needs
• Provides timely and accurate internal reporting of financial status.
• Accurately reports financial and statistical information on a timely basis in required formats to external customers
• Identifies opportunities for operational changes that enhance profitability.
• Adapt reporting as needed to accommodate operational changes.
• Assists CFO with payor contracting and evaluation.
• Assists CFO and VP of HR with insurance renewals
• Assists CFO with Finance Committee and Board of Directors presentations as needed.
• Adhere to a “customer satisfaction” philosophy and consistently follows the same:
  • Provide reliable, responsible, consistent, accurate quality service in a timely manner
  • Demonstrate teamwork and cooperation in all organizational relationships
  • Responsive to customer needs, make others feel understood and comfortable.
• Develop and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with other departments and external parties.
• Identifies and makes recommendations to VP Finance and CFO on revenue maximization strategies.
• Working with the CFO, develop short and long-term financial planning models to ensure financial sustainability of the health system.
• Provide budget training /or assistance for senior and middle management
• Partner with program leadership on operating and capital budgeting to ensure ongoing sustainability of their programs, Make a comparative analysis of budget to expenditures, and research and report variances
• Performs net revenue forecasting and budget projections
• Research all budget and reimbursement issues regarding new programs considered and make appropriate recommendations
• Responds to external financial reporting requirements
• Working with VP of Finance and CFO develops and maintains a contribution margin analysis by program
• Develop financial productivity and cost benchmarking reports to compare ourselves and peer organizations
• Keeping up to date on current laws and regulations pertaining to reimbursement issues and is aware of their effect on overall revenues
• Responsible for oversight all third-party filings (including, but not limited to the Medicare 2552, DHCFP-403, and UCC reports). Ensures the accuracy of all filings, that appropriate documentation is available and complies with all government regulations pertaining to the content and accuracy of the reports filed
• Files, updates, and maintains CMS 855 A and B enrollment applications
• Supervise staff and monitor changes to the Charge Description Master ("CDM") on a timely basis
• Reviews major changes to the charge master with the Senior Financial Analyst to ensure optimum reimbursement
• Prepares monthly contractual adjustments and reserves
• Communicate with third party auditors and gathers all information necessary for them to perform annual audit of our reports. Notifies the V.P. of Finance of any significant issues
• Coordinates the third-party portion of the annual financial audit and ensures that all schedules and contractual calculations are completed within the set audit time frame
• Performs third party analytical work in support of financial decision making
• Maintains organizational statistical reporting system to ensure appropriate allocation methodologies
• Interacts with outside consultants to maintain appropriate reimbursement for the Hospital
• Communicates with various other internal/external customers as necessary, regarding reimbursement issues
• Maintains a database of payors contract terms and payment schedules to provide accurate assessments of net revenue estimates at the procedural level, as needed
• Monitors payors for reimbursement performance and contract payment compliance, and reports on their performance, identifying contract variances

Qualifications:
Job Requirements
Minimum Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or Economics is required.
• Master’s Degree and/or CPA are preferred. Relevant work experience may take place of Master’s Degree &/or CPA.
• Requires 3-5 years of healthcare experience as a Director of Finance or higher.

Required Skills

• A dynamic thinker that is comfortable in challenging conventional wisdom, is highly motivated, and whose customer service skills would be excellent.
• Demonstrated knowledge of general accounting principles, along with proficiency in revenue recognition practices for both Hospitals and Medical Group organizations
• Able to deal with conflict without being adversarial.
• Comfortable with establishing professional relationships with program leadership, physicians, and the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors.

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